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rump

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1. rump - Noun

2. rump - Verb

3. Rump - Proper noun

Meaning

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

Among butchers, the piece of beef between the sirloin and the aitchbone piece. See Illust. of Beef.

The hind or tail end; a fag-end; a remnant.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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he deserves a good kick in the butt Source: Internet

are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing? Source: Internet

A 300g rump steak, a portion of beef dripping chips and a sauce of your choice would usually set you back £30 at the superlative steak restaurants. Source: Internet

A light-silvery facial mask is distinct in some individuals, and a pale buff stripe runs laterally from the shoulders along the side and crossing the rump just above a convert bushy tail. Source: Internet

A High Tory political opponent wrote that "it was fitting she was depicted with her rump to the church, gazing longingly into a wineshop". Source: Internet

As Lang (2010) concluded, they lost their majority in Parliament in the 2004 election, were defeated in 2006, and in 2008 became little more than a "rump", falling to their lowest seat count in decades and a mere 26% of the popular vote. Source: Internet

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